A "superfourth" is an interval too wide to sound like a perfect fourth and too narrow to sound like a tritone. Margo Schulter, in her article Regions of the Interval Spectrum, proposes an approximate range for a superfourth to be from 528¢ to 560¢. Some of the simplest superfourths in Just Intonation are 11/8 (about 551.3¢) and 15/11 (about 537¢), both undecimal (11-based) superfourths; and 48/35 (about 546.8¢) and 49/36 (about 533.7¢), both septimal (7-based) superfourths.
Of course, it should never be taken for granted that these categories are subjective and culturally influenced, and the borders are "fuzzy". Other description are possible and legitimate.
Examples
Below is a list of some intervals in the superfourth range, both just and tempered.
The inversion of a superfourth is a subfifth.
Of course, it should never be taken for granted that these categories are subjective and culturally influenced, and the borders are "fuzzy". Other description are possible and legitimate.
Examples
Below is a list of some intervals in the superfourth range, both just and tempered.See: Interval Category, Gallery of Just Intervals